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J. M. LILLPOP. VBGBTABLB CUTTER.

No. 427,096. Patented May 6, 1890.

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JESSE M. LILLPOP, OF KYANA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF TO HAR- RISONL. VI-IEAT, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0.427,O96,1dated May 6,1890.

Application led March 26, 1889. Serial No.304,311. (No model.)

.To all whom, it nza/y concern:

VBe it known that I, JESSE M. LILLPOP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kyana, in the county of Dubois and State of In- 5 diana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,.such as will enable others skilled in theart to which 1o it appertainsto make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification. v

15 My invention relates to Vegetable-cutters, and has for its object tofurnish a cutter for sauer-krant or slaw which shall be simple inconstruction, reliable in use, not liable to get out of order, andcapable of being taken 2o apart and packed away a small compass when notin use.

Vith this object in view my invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, vand combination of parts, hereinafter 25fully described, and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation of akrant-cutter made in accordance with my invention, mounted ready for useon a barrel, the lower portion of the barrel and part of one of theuprights being broken away. Fig. 2 is a View of the saine in verticalsection. Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the knife-plate 3 5which forms the bottom of the cylinder when the cutter is ready for use.Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through one of the knives and aportion of the knife-plate. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of thehorizontal driving-shaft and its bevel-gear. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of the knife-plate, the central shaft secured thereto, and its.bevel-gear removed from the machine. Fig. 7 is a perspective view ofthe weight-plate removed from the machine.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thevarious gures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters of ref- 5o ence, A is a cylinder,formed of any desired has secured to it' a central vertical shaft C, 55l. Y.

which extends above and below the plate, and at the bottom is stepped ina plate D, let into and secured to across-beam E, said crossbeam beingofa length to allow it to rest in.

the top of a barrel or other receptacle F. 6o

This lcross-beam passes through two uprights G H, set apart a distanceslightly greater than the width of the cylinder A. Mounted iny thelouter angles formed by the cross-beam and4 uprights and resting againsteach are two y6 5 cross-beams at right angles to the cross-beams I J,through which are projected pins K to hold the parts in position on thebarrel. In bearings formed in the top of the .uprights G H is ahorizontal shaftL, having rigidly l7c secured to it a crank or handle Mand a bevelgear N. This bevel-gear N engages a bevelgear O on uprightshaft C, so that rotation of the shaft L will serve to rotate thevertical shaft and its attached knife-plate.

Secured to each side of the open cylinder A are ears P, which are bentaround the uprights, thus holding the parts in place.

The upright shaft near its upper end passes through a cross-beam Q,whoseends are formed 8o to correspond with the inside of the uprights G H,and its length is just the proper distance between those uprights. Theinside thereof and the ends of the beam Q may be formed with tongues andgrooves as desired, one con- 8 5 struction of which is 'shown in Fig. lof the drawings and another in Fig. 2. The horizontal shaft L at one endis turned down, forming a journal a and a shoulder b. This journal hasits bearing in a hole cin the upper 9o end of the upright II. The otherjournal of the shaft L is formed at d with two shoulders e f, rests in aslot g in top of upright G, and is held against displacement by a pinhpassing through the walls of said slot.

As before stated, the knife -plate forms the bottom of the cylinder.There is also provided a weighted or heavy plate R, which is slottedradially at S from its circumference to its center T, so that it may bepassed loc upon the upright shaft above the cylinder and dropped downupon the cabbage or other matter in the cylinder,` keeping it presseddown upon the knife-plate. This knife-plate is radially slotted, as atc', to receive any desired number of knives 7c, as shown in Figs. 3 andet, such slots having one under side, as at l, beveled or inclined, andthe other, as at m, straight. The knives k are slotted, as at n in Fig.3, and held upon the inclined sides of the grooves, with their edgespassed slightly above the surface of the knife-plate, by means of ascrew p passing through said slots and into the plate, thus permittingany desired adjustment of the knives therein.

The operation-of my invention is as follows: It being desired to cutslaw or krant, the cutter is placed on a barrel or other receptacle inthe manner shown and described, cabbage placed inthe cylinder resting onthe knifeplate, and the weight-plate placed on top of fit. By turningthe handle the horizontal shaft is rotated, carrying with it thevertical shaft, causing the knife-plate with its projecting knives torotate and shave off strips from the bottom of the cabbage, which passthrough the slots into the barrel below, the weightplate keeping thecabbage down upon the knives at all times. The operation being nished,the whole machine may be taken apart by withdrawing a few pins, andstored' away until again wanted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In combination, the knockdown frame consisting of side uprights, abottom crossbeanl and an upper cross-beam fitted removably and slidingvertically between the uprights, the open-ended cylinder having sideears for bending around the uprights, the knife-plate forming the bottomof said cylinder, a vertical shaft carrying said knife-plate, having astep bearing in the lower crossbearn, and suitable means for rotatingsaid vertical shaft and passing through the upper cross-beam,substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a knockdown frame, an open-ended cylinder providedwith ears for attachment to said frame, a vertical shaft carrying aknife-plate which forms the bottom of said cylinder, and aradially-.slotted weightplate which when in use forms the cover for thematerial being operated upon in said cylinder.

3. A knockdown .vegetable-cutter consisting of the combination ofuprights G, horizontal beam E, passing through said uprights, horizontalbeams J at right angles to beam E, provided with pins K, an open-endedcylinder removably secured between the uprights, a vertical shaftstepped in cross-beam E and carrying knifeplate, removable weightedplate R on said shaft, removable cross-beam Q, through which thevertical shaft passes, and a horizontal shaft geared to the verticalshaft removably journaled in the uprights G and I-I, all substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in'presence of two witnesses.

JESSE M. LILLPOP. Witnesses:

F. M. CHENNING, B. W. RIGGLE.

